Two of California’s largest reservoirs in Northern California are near 100% capacity, and the newly-resurrected Tulare Lake in the Central Valley is near its peak size, as the spring runoff from a rainy winter continues.
Lake Shasta, which is run by the federal government, and Lake Oroville, which supplies the state water project, are at 98% and 99% of capacity, respectively. Authorities are carefully managing both to prevent overflows.Shasta Lake in Shasta County and Lake Oroville in Butte County, where much of Northern California’s water is stored, are at 98% and 99% of their total capacity, respectively, for the first time in five years, according to data from the state Department of Water Resources.
has been. The last time water storage levels neared capacity was in July 2019. By August 2021, it had hit historic lows.Also close to full capacity are Folsom Lake in the Sierra Nevada foothills, now at 93% of its total capacity, and Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, at 96%.
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